Advanced Micro Devices, Inc (NASDAQ:AMD) stock surged on Friday following reports of potential collaboration with Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) involving AMD’s artificial intelligence chips for cloud computing services. Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform may integrate AMD’s MI300X AI chips, offering a solution to Nvidia Corp’s (NASDAQ:NVDA) supply crisis with its H100 GPU.
Recent market reports indicate that AMD continues to gain market share in the x86 processor market, both in client and server categories, despite competition from Intel Corp (NASDAQ:INTC). Particularly in the server CPU market and the merchant accelerator sector with its Mi300 series, AMD has attracted attention for its significant gains, positioning itself as a strong rival to Nvidia in the merchant accelerators market. Analysts foresee long-term revenue synergies of over $10 billion from AMD’s acquisition of Xilinx.
In preparation for the rising demand for AI computing, AMD is leveraging its diverse product portfolio. CTO Mark Papermaster highlighted AMD’s extensive suite of compute engines, strong customer relationships across various sectors, and open software capabilities. Ahead of Computex, AMD is expected to make significant announcements, with Papermaster revealing a substantial increase in R&D investment from $1.5 billion in 2019 to $5.9 billion in 2023, aimed at meeting growing performance and efficiency requirements.
With a 57% increase in stock value over the last 12 months, AMD’s upward trajectory underscores investor confidence in its strategic positioning and technological advancements.
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